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  1. Galle Fort is far from the only heritage destination that has faced this conundrum: The more popular it becomes,... fb.me/PZqGCkVx
  2. Saving Galle blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/05/… #lka #srilanka #tourism
  3. Review of ‘Kandy at War’ by Channa Wickremesekera: Image courtesy Sri Lanka Travel Guide “When we think of it, w... bit.ly/LVlkj0
  4. Small wonder? | New Delhi cold-shouldering Colombo for over two years thehindu.com/news/national/… #lka #srilanka
  5. This is very strange | Robert Mugabe asked to be UN 'leader for tourism' guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may… #Zimbabwe
  6. @SivJ Cheers - and sadly, the content of that editorial still deeply resonant.
  7. @SivJ The article you flag in the Guardian, based on the Editorial, is from 3 years ago. Where else was it published recently and why?
  8. @SivJ @newsfromamnesty @francesharris0n Yes we know, and this was published not before, but after he was killed.
  9. Unsurprisingly, the official Govt website plagiarises convenient content from Groundviews priu.gov.lk/news_update/Cu… #lka #srilanka
  10. @YoungAsiaTV's Sharmini Boyle new convenor of #srilanka media freedom group @FMMsrilanka sunandadeshapriya.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/sha… #lka
  11. Would @TNAmediaoffice or @nirananketell care to respond to this comment bit.ly/JtI0Dm or thrust of DJ's article? #lka #srilanka
  12. @SarongJohnnie The resulting somnambulism will no doubt help Govt in increasing prices further! :)
  13. Next he'll say he's really a virgin? | Army’s name used to repress media – Fonseka english.srilankamirror.com/2012/05/armys-… #lka #srilanka
  14. @AmanthaP @worldbank @tmny That's rich, given vice grip MoD over UDA, and the scale of the landfills. If illegal, who is brought to book?
  15. @AmanthaP So @WorldBank is supporting the very UDA/MoD which is responsible for opaque dev plans that lead to flooding? Good stuff. #lka
  16. @AzzamAmeen Bet the official delegation will be many times larger than the actual number of athletes. #lka